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Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Avadenka, Lynne
Lembke, Linda
Spencer, Lori
Title
By a
thread
Date
2006
Press(es)
Borowsky Center for Publication Arts
Green River Bindery
Land Marks Press
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged): ill.; 21 cm.
Subject(s)
Esther -- Queen of Persia -- Fiction
Scheherazade -- Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Storytelling -- Fiction
Description
Title
from
folder
.
Book
is
a
continuous
sheet
folded
accordion
style
with
inserted
strips
of
text
and
is
enclosed
within
its
own
folder
.
"
..
. a
reimagining
of the
biblical
story
of
Queen
Esther
and that of
Scheherazade
of A
Thousand
and
One
Nights
.
Lynne
Avadenka
wrote
the
text
,
designed
the
book
structure
and
created
the
original
drawings
,
using
gouache
,
powdered
graphite
and
letterpress
printing."--Colophon
.
"
[The]
book
was
printed
under
the
direction
of
Lori
Spencer
at the
Borowsky
Center
for the
Publication
Arts
, at The
University
of the
Arts
in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylania
, on a
Kors
Heidelberg
offset
litho
press
,
using
Centaur
and
Legende
types
on
dulcet
80#
cover
paper
.
Linda
Lembke
of the
Green
River
Bindery
in
Guilford
,
Vermont
bound
the
edition."--Colophon
.
Library's
copy
is
no
.
63
in a
limited
edition
of
300
,
signed
by the
artist
.
Offset
printing
.
Book Type(s)
Accordion fold format
Artists' books
Binding
Folded strip
Process/Technique
Offset printing
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Avadenka, Lynne
Lembke, Linda
Spencer, Lori
Title
By a
thread
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Cover
Image Description
The
title
of the
book
"By a
Thread
", the
name
of the
artist
"
Lynne
Avadenka
" and
textile
patterns
.
ImageID
artb57152A
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Content
By a thread
Cover
Book, folded out
Book, folded out
Inside pages
Inside page
By a thread
Cover
Book, folded out
Book, folded out
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